Circumstances of Disappearance Martin was last seen between 05:30- 06:00, delivering newspapers in Des Moines, IA on August 12, 1984. His newspaper sack was found outside of Des Moines later that day with papers still inside, indicating that Martin never finished his route. He has never been seen again.

Martin's disappearance came two years after John David Gosch vanished from the same vicinity under similar circumstances. and two years before Marc James-Warren Allen disappeared. Gosch was also delivering newspapers when he disappeared, although his disappearance took place in West Des Moines, Iowa in September of 1982.